What is John Brown's full name?
John Brown
John Brown nickname(s):
Fed, John Brown
John Brown date of birth:
1810
How old was John Brown when died?
66
Where was John Brown born?
Virginia USA
When did John Brown die?
1876
Where did John Brown die?
London, England
What is John Brown nationality?
American
What is John Brown's occupation?
fugitive Slave carpenter
Short Biography
John Brown (c.1810 – 1876) also known by his slave name, "Fed", was a slave in v*rginia.Born in v*rginia to slave parents Joe and Nancy, Fed grew up under the care of his mother along with his three brothers and two sisters, and remembered seeing his father Joe only once when he was allowed to see their family. Fed was told by Joe that his grandfather was a member of the Igbo people from Nigeria and captured by slave traders in the 18th century. He moved at the age of ten to North Carolina, where he was separated from his mother. He was moved to Georgia and worked for some years on a cotton farm in Milledgeville under harsh conditions. After several attempts, Brown finally managed to escape and moved around the country and the world, eventually sailing to England in 1850 where he worked as a carpenter in London. He contacted the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society and in 1855 he dictated the book Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England to the society's secretary, Louis Alexis Chamerovzow. This is one of the many descriptions of slave's life in the south known as "slave narratives."Brown married a local woman and remained in London until his death, earning a living as a herbalist. He died in London in 1876.